Sectional-justification mechanism for composing-machines.



J. S. BANCROFT & M. C. INDAHLL SECTIONAL JUSTIFICATION MECHANISM FORCOMPOSING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED NQVAJ1I916- 1,283,624. Patented Nov. 5, 1918.

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SECTIONAL JUSTIFICATION MECHANISM FOR COMPOSlNG MACHINES.

APF'UCATION FILED NOV. 1. NIB.

1 ,283,624. Patented Nov. 5, 1918.

I. S. BANCROFI & M. C. INDAHL. SECTIONAL JUSTIFICATION MECHANISM FORCOMPOSING MACHINES.

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APPLICATION FILED NOVPI. l9l6. 1,283,624.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J' OHN SELLERS BANCROFT AND MAUEITZ C. INDAI-IL, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYL- VANIA, ASSIGNORS TO LANSTON MONO'IYPE MACHINE COMPANY, OFPHILADEL- PHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATICN OF VIRGINIA.

SECTIONAL-UUSTIFICATION MECHANISM FOR COMPOSING-MACHINES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J OHN SELLERS BAN- CROFT and MAURITZ O. INDAHL,citizens of the United States, and residents of Philadelphia, county ofPhiladelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Sectional-Jus- 'tification Mechanism forComposing-Mm chines; and we do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relatesto keyboard composing machines for producingrecord strips containing signals representing characters and spaceswhich will form justified lines of type, and has for its principalobject to provide mechanism for indicating justification for sectionalportions of lines whereby a record strip is producible in which thereare signals for justification within the line measure as well as at theend thereof. Such a mechanism is especially valuable in connection withthe composition of tabular matter and the like, in which each lineis'made up of sections the composition of which must each be located ata certain definite point in the measure. More specifically, the objectof this invention is to provide mechanism so arranged with respect tothe line measuring mechanism and the justification indicating mechanismof a suitable composing machine that these last mentioned mechanisms maybe operatively connected, when desired, to the end that within itslimits the justification indicating scale will indicate justificationnecessary due to the movement of the line measuring mechanism after theconnection has been established. Other objects of this invention will beparticularly pointed out or will otherwise appear in connection with thefollowing description of the embodiment of the invention' shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation-of akeyboard composing machine provided with the device of the presentinvention, certain parts being broken away and in section. i

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of. the mechanismof Fig. 1. r

Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of a part of the mechanism of Figs. 1and 2, the justification indicator scale being removed.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1918.

Application filed November 1, 1916. Serial No. 128,951.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the pin lock in locked position,the units wheel pawl being shown in dotted lines out of contact with theunits wheel.

Fig. 5 is a vertical cross section substantially through the units wheelshaft.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section through the justification indicatormotor.7

Fig. 7 is asection substantially on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6, and V Fig. 8is a perspective of the pinlock and its actuating mechanism and thetilting shaft, the latter in its down position, but not advanced topermit of its being locked by the pin lock.

The drawings illustrate the invention as applied to an improved keyboardcomposing machine of the general'type shown in United States Patent No.9%,405 to Bancroft and Indahl, dated December 28th, 1909. It is notnecessary to'describe this machine in detail, it being suflicient forpresent purposes to designate and identify some of the parts of suchmachine shown in the accompanying drawings, especially those which areoperatively or otherwise involved with the mechanism of the presentinvention, for example, the keys 180 operating through pneumatic meanscertain of the punch bar levers 17 and punch bars 15; the stop bars 13(Fig. 2) on the outer ends of levers each operated from a dimensioningpunch bar 15 through a lever 20 and a vertically movable bar 40; theunits rack 11 slidable in the units rack carrier 42 operated from theuniversal bar 19; the units wheel 7 driven by air under pressure in themotor cylinder 4 acting against the piston 4 (Fig. 5) which pistoncarries the motor rack 6 meshing with the pinion 6 secured to the unitswheel shaft; the line scale pointer 14 carried by the line scale rack 14in mesh with the line scale pinion 7 also secured to the units wheelshaft; the units wheel retaining pawl 12 capable of having its teethmoved out of mesh with teeth of the units wheelby pivotal movement ofthe lever 74: acting against the link 61 and normally operated by theadmission of air under pressure to the tripping motor 79 (Fig. 3)connected with the lever 74 by the arm 78, shaft 77, arm 76 and link 75,such operation being accompanied by the returning or restoring of theline measuring mechanism to its initial position; the justification in-'dicator drum 8 and the justification pointer 14c carried by the verticalratchet bar 85 driven upwardly by pawl and ratchet means and allowed tofall to initial position by the action of the trip 92 for said means,said trip being operated from the arm 93 (Fig. 4:) secured to the shaft77.

lVhile the sectional justification mechanism of this invention may beused in connection with the machine of the above mentioned patent inwhich the justification indicating means is normally connected with theline measuring mechanism and caused to operate within the justificationarea in proximity to the end of the line being composed, by the manualdepression of a special key, we have shown in the present drawings animproved machine in which the justification indicating means is normallyconnected automatically with the line measuring mechanism within sucharea. Such an automatically operative mechanism causes the justifi-*ation indicating means to follow up the movements of the line measuringmechanism and is shown, for example, in United States Patent No.1,149,176 to Bancroft and Indahl, dated August th, 1916, and this partof the present mechanism need not therefore be described in detailexcept as it differs from the mechanism of said last. mentioned patent.This mechanism comprises the abutment slide 9 (Figs. 5 and 7) moved bythe motor piston a, and having a vertical 6X tension one side of whichis in. contact with the piston rod 14:, (Fig. 6) of the piston 13 incylinder 12, such piston and cylinder constituting an abutment slidereturn motor, and the other side of which eX- tension 15 is inengagement with the rod 19, provided with a shoulder 20 cooperating withwhich is an adjusting sleeve 21*, surrounding the rod 19 and screwthreaded into the gaging member 9 which. surrounds both the rods 14? and19 This gaging member 9 is slidable in the cylinder 12 and bearing 11and is provided with a slot opening 16 through which projects the eXtension 15 of the abutment slide 9*. In the present drawings the slotopening 16 is shown to be of greater size than in the last mentionedpatent, the stop 22*, (Fig. 3) for the rod 19 is shown adjustable in itshold ing frame and other minor alterations have been made to give thegaging member 9 a wider range of movement. The importance of theseslight changes will be explained hereinafter in connection with thedescription of the operation of the invention.

The present drawings also show a pneumatic motor which may be used, ifdesired, for operating the justification indicator scale instead of thespring motor of the patent. This pneumatic motor comprises the cylinder'25 and piston 24? therein, said piston being provided with a piston rod23 having its end 26 remote from the piston, guided. in a bearing 27*.The rod 23 is provided with rack teeth with which mesh the teeth of apinion, the diametrically opposite side of which pinion engages with therack teeth of the gaging member 9. This pinion is a part of the gearing10 for transmitting motion of the racks to the justification inclicatingscale or drum. The motor 2%, is supplied with air under pressure throughthe pipe 28 which connects with the pipe 17 leading to the abutmentslide return motor (Fig.

In this invention the connecting means between the line measuringmechanism and the justification indicating means is independent of thenormal connecting means operative only within the justification area andis in the form of a shaft provided with pinions 51 and 52 adapted tomesh respectively with the gear 53 connected with the said scale andwith the units wheel 7 of the line measuring mechanism. The gear 53 islocated axially of and below the justification indicating scale 8 and issecured to the rotatable support for said scale so that the scale andthis gear will turn together.

The pinions 51 and 52 are identical in shapeand size and when meshedwith the units wheel and the gear 53 the turning of the units wheel agiven number of units will result in the operation of the drumcorrespondingly. In other words, the same operative relation that existsbetween the units wheel and the indicator drum while the line measuringmechanism is traversing the justification area at the end of the linemay be brought into existence at any point in the line, for example,before the said area is reached, merely by connecting the gear 53 andthe units wheel 7 by means of the shaft 50 and its pinions 51 and 52.

Normally these pinions are in inoperative or unconnected position(Fig. 1) so that they may not interfere with the ordinary composition ofa line but the connection may be made manually at any point in the linebeing composed. One arrangement for accomplishing this is as follows:

The shaft 50 is mounted in a pivoted member 54 having a lateralprojection 55 by which said member is pivotally mounted in the bearing56 in the machine frame, the axis of said bearing being transverse tothe shaft and extending between the shaft pinions so that when the shaftis tilted upward upon this projection 55 as a pivot as shown in Fig. 1,the pinions are out of mesh with the gear 53 and the units wheel. Thisnormal position is maintained by a compression spring 57 the upper endof which is located in a socket 58 in the bearing 54: and the lower endof which rests upon the ear 59 of the stationary bracket 60. Depressionof the outer end of the sheet 50, however, as by pressing down upon theknurled head or handle 61 thereon, against the pressure of spring 57will move the pinions'51 and 52 into mesh with the gear 53 and the unitswheel 7 respectively, as shown in Fig. 5.

The bracket'GO is provided with a project ing lip 62 which is adapted toenter arecess in the knurled head 61 when the shaft has been firsttilted tohorizonta1 or meshed position and then advanced longitudinallthe parts, after such movement being in the position shown in Fig. 5. Itwill be readily seen that the lip 62 serves to lock the shaft 50 inhorizontal position from which it can only be'removed by firstretracting or withdrawing the shaft longitudinally'and then allowing thespring 57 to tilt it upwardly to the position of Fig. 1.

Located a short distance from .and at one side ofth'e knurled head 61'is a finger lever 63 projecting from a pivoted boss. 64, mounted upon apin 65 'iixed to and projectingfrom thefcasting for the stop 22 abovereferred to. [The boss is provided with a lever arm 66 which normallyrests against the tripping lever 74 (Fig. 4) in the normal position ofthe latter and with a leverar1n-67 projecting upwardly from the boss'6tand normally resting against the lockingpin 68 to be presentlydescribed. The boss may also be provided with a third, downwardlyextending lever arm 6 9 n0rmally' restingagainst the side of the'latch'101 normally tripped by the pin 103 (Figs.

1 and 3) on the'line scale rack to effect the operation of'a' signallight,'suchras an'illuminating device for the justifieation scale.

The locking pin 68 extends through the pivotal axis of the bearing 56,its inner end being 7 reduced 1 in diameter *whereby a shoulder isformed againstwhich the spring 70 (Fig. i) exerts pressure tending tomaintain the outer end of thepin in contact with the'leverarm 67. Theopposite end of the spring reacts against a'reduced portion 71' of theprojeotion55 which is suitably bored to accommodate the pin. The innerend of the pin is adapted, when the pin is moved by the lever'arm 67against the force of the spring, to enter a groove 72 in the tiltingshaft 50 when said shaft is y the advanced horizontal or connectedposition.- The shaft'is ethus lockedby the pin so as to prevent-withdrawalof the shaft wherebytilting of the shaft is preventeddue to thengagement ofthe locking lip 62.;

Y The pin is caused to enter th'eFgroove 72 by depression of the fingerlever '63 against the outer 'end' of the pin The depression of thefinger- 'lever'also' causes the end of lever arm 69 to' operate thelatch .101 and that of lever arm 66 to depressithetripping lever .74jsufliciently to result in the uninesh-ing of the locking pawl 12 fromthe which re} tates the boss- 64and operates the arm 67 teeth of theunits wheel. The depression of the tripping lever is limited by theengagement of the shoulder 73 on the pin lock 68 withthe end ofextension 55 and is insuflicient to cause the restoring of the justification pointer 14*; that is to say,--thedepression of the lever 7 4 underthe lever arm 66 raises-the opposite end of lever 74 and with it the"link 75 so as to cause an upwardiroekf' ing of the crank arm'76, thelatter'rocking the shaft 77 and the arm 93 and moving the trip 92 forthepawl and ratchet device which deviceraises and maintains'in raisedcondition the ratchet 'bar supporting the pointer. lt but the presentmo-vement of these parts is insufficient in extent to cause the trip 92to act. The-completemovement pointer 146 to its normal position is onlyaccomplished by the operation: of; the usual key to admi-t air pressure;to the tripping motor 79. f

e The inner end of the projection 55 of the pivoted member 54, may beprovided with an opening into which may'extend, asshown, the shank of abrake member 80,saidmember being itself provided withan axial aperturethrough which the pin 68'ex'tends. The brake member is provided ollits-inner end with a shoe 81 which engages "at all times and operatesupon the shaft 50, being pressed against said shaft bya spring 82engaging at one end with the end of'the brake shank and at the other endwiththe reduced portion 71 of the projection 55. The brake member, whilenot a necessary element of the structure, is'useful'to prevent or resistthe motor 4: at a time operator partially releases his grasp of theknurled head 61 preliminarily to obtaining anew grasp thereof. I \I 1dial 83, (Figs. 2 and 3) anda cooperating pointer Set secured to "ashaft 8 6"havin'g bearings in a bracket87 secured'to the ma chine framein the neighborhood of the justil fication indicating motor (said shaftbeing geared to the units wheel by a'pinion 88 (Fig. carried onprovided-as a multiplying indicatorfor in dicating clearly subdivisionsof the line scale graduations, the'latter usually representing em s.Preferablythe dial; indicator is con .structed so thatthepointer:makes*a geomits inner end) ima-y be plete revolutionfor anin-movement; of the I line scale pointer 14% ad the dialis divided Intounits, 7 part of an em.-

* As shown in Figs-.2 and-3a bolt 89 isan each-"unit' being anfeight'eenth j gula-rly set in the machine fr'ame withits' head flangedto'contact with the. lower side ofthe end of the releasingpawllithefother, upper endfo'f the bolt being screwthreaded and provided 'with anadjusting-111w 90,-

This arrangement has for its purpose the accurate adjustment of theteeth of the pawl 12 with relation to the teeth of the units wheel.

The production of tabular matter or other matter requiring sectionaljustification. is accomplished preferably in the following manner: Thecomposition of a line section having progressed until the line scalepointer 14 is within the justification area measured from the point ofbeginning the next section. and the justification pointer 14* havingmoved upwardly in the usual manner one step for each justification spacein the composition, the knurled head 61 is grasped between the thumb andfirst finger of the right hand and pressed downwardly from its normalposition shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The shaft 50 and its member 54 arethus tilted on the projection 55 as a pivot to hori- Zontal position andthe pinions 51 and 52 be come meshed with the gear 53 and the unitswheel 7 respectively. The tilting movement? is arrested by the contactof the shaft 50 with the bracket 60 and the parts will have the positionshown in Fig. 8. The shaft 50 is now pushed in or advanced until therecess in the knurled head 61 engages with the lip 62. In this position,shown in Fig. the shaft 50 is locked from tilting upward by the lip 62,the gears 51, 53 and T are still in meshed relation and the groove 7 2is opposite the end of the pin 68. The little finger or other suitablefinger of the right hand is now caused to depress the le er 63 withoutthe grasp of the knurled head be.- tween the thumb and first fingerbeing released, such depression resulting in movement of the pin 68 intothe groove 72 through the medium of the lever arm 67 and in theunmeshing of the units wheel retaining pawl 12 from the teeth of theunits wheel, this last result taking place through the action of thelever arm 66 upon the link 61 through the pivoted lever 74 and beingtimed to occur after the pin 68 has entered the groove 72. When the boss64 is provided with a lever arm 69, the depression of the finger lever63 will also result in the tripping of the latch 101. The parts are nowin the position shown in Fig. 4 and the shaft 50 is not only locked fromupward tilting by the lip 62 but it is also locked from withdrawalhorizontally by the pin lock 68. lVhen the latch 101 is tripped bydepressing the finger lever 63, as well as when it is tripped by the pin103 on the line scale rack 14 an electric circuit is closed by theleasing of the spring switch 95 diagrammatically shown in Fig. 3, thuslighting the signal light 96 located in position to illuminate thejustification scale. The light is extinguished by reversely operatingthe switch 95, this being preferably accomplished by the pneumatic motor97 connected with the switch and operated by air under pressure in thepipe 98, the latter being connected with the cylinder of tripping motor79 previously referred to, which tripping motor receives air underpressure in connection with the restoring of the line measuringmechanism to its original position.

The knurled head 61 is now rotated until the area to be justified ispassed over by the line scale pointer 1s and the latter rests at thegraduation at which the composition of the next section is to begin.This positioning may be very accurately made by reference to the dialindicator. Such rotation of the knurled head not only moves the linescale pointer through the gearing 52, T, T and rack l t but it alsomoves the justification indicating drum 8 correspondingly through thegears 51, 53 and at the end of the movement it is only necessary to readthe justification indications as pointed out by the indicator ld andthen justify in the usual manner and restore the justification pointer14* to normal position by the operation of the trip motor 79, the linemeasuriug devices being'held from movement during the restoringoperation by holding the knurled head 61 against rotation. After justifieation and with the line scale pointer 14 remaining positioned atthe graduation at which the next section of composition is to begin, thepin lock (58 is released and the pawl 12 placed in mesh with the unitswheel by releasing the finger lever 63, after which the knurled head andthe shaft 50 can be manually withdrawn and restored to normal positionthrough the action of spring 57. It will be readily seen that inpositioning the shaft 50 for operation, said shaft is locked by the pinlock 68 before the pawl 12 is removed from the units wheel and that inrestoring the shaft 50 to its normal tilted position the pawl 12 ismeshed with the units wheel before the shaft 50 is unlocked from the pin68; at any given time, therefore, at least one of the two locking meansis in locked position. The composition of the next section is nowproceeded with and unless it is the last section, justified in the sameway. The justification of the last section. of the line composed or of afull line is indicated in the usual manner by the automatic action ofthe justification indicator mechanism of the machine shown or the manualoperation of the machine shown in Patent #944,405, the mechanism of thepresent invention being made use of ordinarily only at intermediatepoints of the measure. The proper justifying keys are struck in themanner commonly employed for double justification whereby the propersignal is given so that the galley rod of the casting machine will betripped and the line delivered toithe galley.

hen. the justification indicating drum isrotated, as explained above,from the knurled head 61 there'is also produced a movement of the normaljustification indicating mechanism because the latter is at all timesconnected with the drum through the gearing 10. This gearing transmitsmoamount corresponding with a complete revolution of the ust1ficat1onindicating drum in either dlrection from ltS normal position,

this beingnecessary'because the normal jus- -'t1ficat1on indicatingdevices turn the drum 15] in one direction' while the manual sectionaloperation is-usually in the opposite direc- "tion and the range ofmovement for each is necessarily onerevolution of the drum. Thisrange'is provided for as shown by providing sufficiently long cylinders,bearings, and rack portions 'for the members 23 and 9, providing asufficiently long slot opening 16 (Fig. 6) in the gaging member 9 andproviding a stop22 for the rod- 19 -of smaller diameter'than the rodsothat'the member 9 ma slide over said stop in theextremejofits motionin one direction.

- The stop 22 is made adjustable and is set by turning it in its supportand thenclamping it by'the'nut' threaded upon'it, so that when'the rod19 restsagainst the end ofthe stop the justifyingcdrum will be at zeroposition. The proper relation between the gaging member- 9 and theabutment slide 9 is adjusted in the usual manner byma- ,nipulatingtheadjusting sleeve 21*. i

)We claim:- Y 7 1. A-typographic composing machine embodying "incombination line measuring mechanism, justification indicating means andmeans adapted to be positioned manually t'ofconnect said'measuringmechanism and said indicating-means whereby manual operation "of saidmeasuring mechanism produces a corresponding operation of saidindicating means. c

2. A typographic composing machine embodying; in combination linemeasuring mechanism, justification indicating means and meansnormallyunconnected with but adapted at any point in the line beingcomposed to be connected with said line measur-Y ing mechanism and saidindicatinglmeans, said connecting means being manually movable toconnected position and being manu-v ally operative when in such positionto cause operation .of'the line measuring mechanism and the indicatingmeans. v

3. A typographic composing machine embody-ing in combination linemeasuring mechanism, ju'stification indicating means and means normallyunconnected with but adapted at any point in the line being composedto'be connected with said line measuring mechanism and said indicatingmeans,

said connecting means including a handle" for the manual operationofsaid line a measuring mechanism and sa d indicating 4. A typographiccomposing machine em bodying in combination line measuring mechanism,justification indicating, means and means normally unconnected with but,

adapted at any point in the "line being conr "posed to be connected withsaid line measur-' ing mechanism and'said indicating 'means, saidconnecting means comprisinga-shaft, gears securedthereto and a handlefor operating the shaft. Y r i 5. A typographic composing machineembodying in combination line measuring mechanism including a unitsWheel, justification indicating means including an indi- 1 cator scaleand a rotatable support therefor, and means normally unconnected withbut adapted at any point in the line being composed to be connected withsaid line measuring. mechanism and said justification 'indi- J eatingmeans, said connecting'means' comprising a shaft, gearing thereonforxdirectly connecting said-units Wheel and said indicator scale'supportand a handle'for operating the shaft s p 6. A typographiccomposing machine embodying in combination line measuring mechanismincluding a units wheel, justification indicating meansincluding'an indicator scale and a rotatable support therefor, a gear secured to saidsupport, a shaft, gears secured to said shaft for meshing with saidsupport gear and said units wheel respectively and a handle foroperating said shaft.

7. A typographic composing machine embodying in combination linemeasuring mechanism including a units wheel, justification indicatingmeans including an indicator scale and a rotatable support therefor, agear secured to said support, a shaft tiltable on an axis transverse tothe shaft, gears secured to said shaft for meshing with said supportgear and said units wheel respectively, means for normally maintainingsaid shaft in tilted position whereby the gears thereon are normallyunmeshed with said support gear and said units wheel and a handle formoving said shaft into, position in which thesaid gears are in mesh andfor turning the shaft. 5 I

8. A typographic composing machine em bodying in combination linemeasuring mechanism, justification indicating means, means normallyunconnected with but adaptedat any point in the line being composed'tobe connected with said line measuring mechanism and saidindicatingmeans, said connecting means being manually movable toconnected position and being manuits ally operative'when in suchposition to cause looking said connecting means in the con nectedposition thereof.

9. A typographic composing machine embodying in combination linemeasuring mechanism including locking means therefor, justificationindicating means, means normally unconnected with but adapted at anypoint in the line being composed to be connected with said linemeasuring mechanism and said justification indicating means, means forlocking said connecting means in connected position and means foroperating said two locking means whereby at any given time at least oneof them is in locked position.

10. A typographic composing machine embodying in combination linemeasuring mechanism, a locking pawl associated therc with, justificationindicating means, means normally unconnected with but adapted atanypoint in. the line being composed to be connected with said linemeasuring mechanism and said justificationindicatingmeans, a handlesecured to said connecting means whereby when in connected position theline n'ieasuring mechanism and the justification indicating means may beoperated by said connecting means, manual means for unlocking thelocking pawl from the line measuring mechanism to permit of suchoperation and manual means for locking the connecting means in connectedposition and preventing the unlocking of the pawl until after the saidlocking of the connecting means has been accomplished.

11. A typographic composing machine embodying in combination linemeasuring mechanism, justification indicating means, mechanism forconnecting said line measuring mechanism and said indicating means inproximity to the end of the line being composed and manually operativemeans for connecting said line measuring mechanism and saidimlicatingmeans at any point in the line being composed.

12. A typographic composing machine embodying in con'ibination linemeasuring mechanism, justification indicating means, mechanism forconnecting said line measuring mechanism and said indicating means inproximity to the end of the line being composed and means independent ofsaid connecting mechanism for connecting said line measuring mechanismand said indicating means at any point in the line being composed.

13. A typographic composing machine embodying in combination linemeasuring mechanism, justification indicating means including ajustification pointer, means for operating the saidpointer and ajustification indicator scale, mechanism for connecting said linemeasuring mechanism and said indicator scale in proximity to the end ofthe line being composed and. means independent mas of said connectingmechanism for connecting said line measuring mechanism and saidindicator scale at any point in the line being composed.

14;. A typographic composing machine embodying in combination'linemeasuring mechanism, justification indicating means, mechanism forconnecting said line measuring mechanism and said indicating means inproximity to the end of the line being composed and means normallyunconnected with but adapted at any point in the line being composed tobe connected with said line measuring mechanism and said indicatingmeans, said last mentioned connecting means being manually movable toconnected position and being manually operative when 111 such posi tionto cause operation of the line measuring mechanism and the indicatingmeans.

15. A typographic composing machine embodying in combination linemeasuring mechanism, justification indicating means, mechanism forconnecting said line measuring mechanism and said indicating means inproximity to the end of the line being composed and means normallyunconnected with but adapted at any point in the line being composed tobe connected with said line measuring mechanism and said indicatingmeans, said last mentioned connecting means including a handle for themanual operation of the line measuring mechanism and the indicatingmeans.

16. A typographic composing machine embodying in combination linemeasuring mechanism, justification indicating means, mechanism forconnecting said line measuring mechanism and said indicating means inproximity to the end of the line being com- )osed andmeans normallyunconnected with but adapted at any point in the line being composed tobe connected with said line measuring mechanism and said indicatingmeans, said last mentioned connecting means comprising a shaft, gearssecured thereto and a handle for operating the shaft.

17. A typographic composing machine embodying in combination linemeasuring mechanism including a units wheel, justification indicatingmeans including an indicator scale and rotatable support therefor,mechanism for connecting said line measuring mechanism and saidindicating means in proximity to the end of the line being composed andmeans normally unconnected with but adapted at any point in the linebeing composed to be connected with said line measuring mechanism andsaid indicating means, said last mentioned connecting means comprising ashaft, gearing thereon for directly connecting said units wheel and saidindicator scale support and a handle for operating the shaft.

18. A typographic composing machine embodying in combination linemeasuring gears secured to said shaft for meshing with said supportgear. and sald units Wheel respectively and a handle for operating saidshaft.

l9. A typographi composing machine embodying 1n comblnation linemeasuring .mechanism including a unitsvwheel, justification indicatingmeans includingan indicator scale and a, rotatable support therefor, agear secured to said support, mechanism for connecting saidlinemeasuring mechanism and said indicating means in proximity .to the endof the line being composed, a shaft tiltable on an axis transverse tosaidsha'ft, gears secured to said shaft for meshing with said supportgear and s'aidunits wheel respectively, means for normally maintainingsaidshaft in "tilted position whereby the gears thereon are normallyunmeshed with said support gear and said units wheel and a handle formoving said shaft in position in which said gears are in mesh and forturningsaid shaft; :1

20. A typographic composing machine embodying in combination linemeasuring mechanism, justification indicating means, mechanism forautomatically connecting said line measuring mechanism and saidindicating means in proximity to the end of the line being composed andmeans normally unconnected with but adapted at any point in the linebeing composed to be manually connected with said line measuringmechanism and said indicating means.

21. A typographic composing machine embodying in combination linemeasuring mechanism, justification indicating means, mechanism forautomatically connecting said line measuring mechanism and saidindicating means in proximity to the end of the line being composed andfor causing the latter to operate by following up the movements of theformer, and manually operative means for connecting and operating saidline measuring mechanism and said indicating means at any point in theline being composed.

A typographic composing machine embodying in combination line measuringmechanism, justification indicating means, mechanism for connecting saidline measuring mechanism and said indicating means in proximity to theend of the line being composed, means normally unconnected with butadapted at any point in the line being composed to be connected withsaid line measuring mechanism and said indicating means and means forlocking said last mentioned connecting means in the connected, positionthereof.

23. A typographic composing machineembodying in combination linemeasuring mechanism including locking means therefor, Justificationindicating means, cmechanism for connecting said linen'ieasuring,mechameans in connected position and means for 5 operatingsaid two locking means whereby. at

any given time at least one of them is in locked position.

24. A typographic composing machine embodying in combination linemeasuring mech- HIllSHI, justification indicating means, manumeasuringmechanism and said indicating means whereby said measurmg mechanism andsaid indicating means. are capable of bein 0 erated manuall and abraked)- crating upon said connecting means.

25. A typographic composing machine embodying in combination linemeasuri1ign1echanism, justification indicating means,'means normallyunconnected with but adapted at any point in the line being composed tobe connected with said line measuring mechanism and said indicatingmeans, said con necting means being manually movable to connectedposition and being manually operative when in such position to causeoperation of the line measuring mechanism and the indicating means, anda brake for resisting said operation of the connecting means when inconnected position.

26. A typographic composing machine embodying in combination linemeasuring mechanism including a units wheel justification indicatingmeans including an in dicator scale and a rotatable support therefor, agear secured to said support, a shaft tiltable on an axis transverse tosaid shaft, a brake operating upon said shaft in proximity to said axis,

gears secured to said shaft for meshing with said support gear and saidunits wheel respectively, means for normally maintaining said shaft intilted position whereby the gears thereon are normally unmeshed withsaid support gear and said units wheel, and a handle for moving saidshaft in position in which the said gears are in mesh and for turningthe shaft, said brake resisting said turning operation.

27. A typographic composing machine embodying in combination linemeasuring mechanism including locking means therefor, justificationindicating means, means normally unconnected with but adapted at anypoint in the line being composed to be conrally operative meansconnecting said line nected with said line measuring mechanism and saidindicating means, means for looking said connecting means in connectedposition, means for operatin said two looking means whereby at any giventime at least one of them is in locked position and a brake for saidconnecting means for resisting the operation thereoi when the lockingmeans for the line measuring mechanism is in unlocked positionv '28. Atypographic composing machine embodying in combination line measuringmechanism, justification indicating means, means normally unconnectedwith but adapted at any point in the line being composed to be connectedwith said line i'neasuring mechanism and said indicating means, saidconnecting means being manually movable to connected position and beingmanually operati e when in such position to cause operation of the linemeasuring mechanism and the indicating means, means for locking saidconnecting means in connected position, a signal light and means foroperating said signal light at the time of locking said connectin gmeans,

29. A typographic COIIIPOSlHQ; machine embodying in combination linemeasuring mechanism, justification indicating means, mechanism forconnecting said line measuring mechanism and said indicating means inproximity to the end of the line being composed, a signal light, meansassociated With said line measuring mechanism for operating said signallight in proximity to the end of the line being composed, manuallyoperative means for connecting said line measuring mechanism and saidindicating means at any point in the line being composed and meansassociated With said connecting means for operating said signal light.

30. A typographic composing machine embodying in combination linemeasuring mechanism. including a line scale, a multiplying indicatorconnected With said line measuring mechanism, 'justification indicatingmeans, and manually operative means connecting said line measuringmechanism and said indicating means for operating the same, the extentof operation of said line measuring mechanism and said indicating meansbeing indicated by the multiplying indicator in subdivisions of thegraduations of the line scale. I l

JOHN SELLERS BANCROF T.

MAURITZ C. INDAHL.

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